Cognitive: The students will learn more about what it means to show respect. Affective: The students will appreciate the humble and respectful cat. Behavioral: Students will describe disrespectful behavior and respectful alternative behaviors.
Class Session 1
Tell the students that the class will be reading this story together. Ask them to take out their books and turn to the right page.
Give an introduction to the story by saying that the original story was written a long time ago by the Grimm brothers, who were famous storytellers from a country in Europe called Germany. The purpose of their stories was always to teach a lesson. Tell the students to look for the lesson in this story. Mention that the moral at the end of the story tells one of the story’s lessons. Note that the moral of this story, “The Fox and the Cat,” is to respect others.
Call on the students to read a few lines at a time. Read the story together; then ask the students if they liked the story and why. Because this story is short and easy to understand, ask the students to reread the story on their own, then to go ahead and work on the Questions at the end. Give the students ten to twenty minutes to complete this. Afterward, discuss the answers to the questions. Call on the students to read their answers.
Questions
1. Did the cat show respect for Mr. Fox? In what way?
2. Did Mr. Fox show respect for the cat?
3. How did Mr. Fox show a lack of respect for the cat?
4. If Mr. Fox respected the cat, how might the story end differently? Why is it a good thing to show respect for everyone, no matter how few abilities someone might have?
Next, ask the students to read the Exercise. When they have finished reading it, lead them in a discussion of how they would like to change the way they treat others.
Exercise
Do you sometimes show disrespect to your family members or friends? In what ways? (Give two or three examples.) After reading about the cat and Mr. Fox, how would you change the way you treat others? Tell your teacher and classmates.
Class Session 2
Reread the story together as a class. Remind the readers to use lots of expression when they read. Remind them about punctuation cues, and how to use these cues to read with expression.
Before they start to read, talk about how they think a fox who thinks he’s very smart might sound. Ask a few students to take turns reading the fox’s lines in which he is bragging about himself.
Next, ask them how they think a respectful, polite cat might sound. Ask a few students to read just the cat’s lines in which she is explaining about her one trick. Call on some students to read the part of the fox as a chorus, all together, and the rest to read the part of the cat. You can be the narrator. Explain that the narrator will read the parts that are not speaking parts.
Coach the two groups to read when it’s their turn. Try it twice. Then ask the students to come up and act it out while others are guided by you to read the lines with expression. You will need a hunter, cat, fox, and four dogs. Give other students the opportunity to act it out. This can be a very fun activity, and it will help the students to remember the story.
If there is time left, ask the students to illustrate the story with drawings. The story could be divided up into parts, with different students illustrating the various parts. Put it all together up on a wall. Conclude by telling the students that this story is a good reminder to be humble and to show
respect to all, even those who do not seem to be very important.
Cognitive: The students will learn more about what it means to show respect.
Affective: The students will appreciate the humble and respectful cat.
Behavioral: Students will describe disrespectful behavior and respectful alternative behaviors.
Class Session 1
Tell the students that the class will be reading this story together. Ask them to take out their books and turn to the right page.
Give an introduction to the story by saying that the original story was written a long time ago by the Grimm brothers, who were famous storytellers from a country in Europe called Germany. The purpose of their stories was always to teach a lesson. Tell the students to look for the lesson in this story. Mention that the moral at the end of the story tells one of the story’s lessons. Note that the moral of this story, “The Fox and the Cat,” is to respect others.
Call on the students to read a few lines at a time. Read the story together; then ask the students if they liked the story and why. Because this story is short and easy to understand, ask the students to reread the story on their own, then to go ahead and work on the Questions at the end. Give the students ten to twenty minutes to complete this. Afterward, discuss the answers to the questions. Call on the students to read their answers.
Questions
1. Did the cat show respect for Mr. Fox? In what way?
2. Did Mr. Fox show respect for the cat?
3. How did Mr. Fox show a lack of respect for the cat?
4. If Mr. Fox respected the cat, how might the story end differently? Why is it a good thing to show respect for everyone, no matter how few abilities someone might have?
Next, ask the students to read the Exercise. When they have finished reading it, lead them in a discussion of how they would like to change the way they treat others.
Exercise
Do you sometimes show disrespect to your family members or friends? In what ways? (Give two or three examples.) After reading about the cat and Mr. Fox, how would you change the way you treat others? Tell your teacher and classmates.
Class Session 2
Reread the story together as a class. Remind the readers to use lots of expression when they read. Remind them about punctuation cues, and how to use these cues to read with expression.
Before they start to read, talk about how they think a fox who thinks he’s very smart might sound. Ask a few students to take turns reading the fox’s lines in which he is bragging about himself.
Next, ask them how they think a respectful, polite cat might sound. Ask a few students to read just the cat’s lines in which she is explaining about her one trick. Call on some students to read the part of the fox as a chorus, all together, and the rest to read the part of the cat. You can be the narrator. Explain that the narrator will read the parts that are not speaking parts.
Coach the two groups to read when it’s their turn. Try it twice. Then ask the students to come up and act it out while others are guided by you to read the lines with expression. You will need a hunter, cat, fox, and four dogs. Give other students the opportunity to act it out. This can be a very fun activity, and it will help the students to remember the story.
If there is time left, ask the students to illustrate the story with drawings. The story could be divided up into parts, with different students illustrating the various parts. Put it all together up on a wall. Conclude by telling the students that this story is a good reminder to be humble and to show
respect to all, even those who do not seem to be very important.